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US Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva on Thursday to hear Russia's plans to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons and avert US-led military strikes, an initiative that has transformed diplomacy over a two-and-a-half year old civil

Hours after Qatar's emir abdicated in favour of his son, Kuwait's ruler, in a classic diplomatic gesture, jumped on a plane to Doha to embrace the new young emir in person rather than sending a congratulatory cable as other Gulf Arab lea

Bahrain is to step up media diplomacy to project true internal facts to the world, said a senior government official, stressing the vital importance of optimising the use of modern media technology to this end.
Minister of State f

Bahrain is to step up media diplomacy to project true internal facts to the world, said a senior government official, stressing the vital importance of optimising the use of modern media technology to this end.
Minister of State f

China said it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India indicated it would also weigh in, as Asia's two giants seek to head off new sanctions already playing havoc with trade.

The UN should promote "hydro-diplomacy" to defuse any tensions over water in regions like the Middle East and North Africa where scarce supplies have the potential to spark future conflicts, experts said.
They said the UN Security Council

Britain said on Sunday it had frozen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's assets and lifted his diplomatic immunity, putting pressure on him to step down after his government's bloody crackdown on a revolt against his rule.
London moved quickly

The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new national security doctrine that would join diplomatic engagement and economic discipline with military power to bolster America's standing in the world.
In a formal break with the go-